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Assignment 1, part D

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Vocabulary work in the classroom Photo by 3844328,CClicensed https://pixabay.com/photos/correcting-proof-paper-correction-1870721/ This fall, my pupils in the 9th grade started to work with the topic India - the jewel in the crown. The School uses the textbook Seaching 9, which is quite outdated. Therefore, the book is rarely used, texts to work with are found elsewhere. The site ndla.no was used to find a text that could be an introduction to India. T he lesson started with a simple task:"Today we will start our work on India. Write down everything you think about when you hear the word India." They had 5 minutes to write, but they were stopped after 3 when they clearly were done. Then they had some time to tell their learning partners whart they had written. As the class got quiet, they were asked to share their knowledge the rest of the class. Notes were made on the whiteboard, as a mind map, but there were surprisingly limmited knowledge in the group. Out of 3